BALLSTON SPA – Jurors hearing a civil trial in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the parents of a Wilton pre-teen accidentally shot to death by his playmate just before Christmas in 2010 heard readings of written depositions Wednesday previously taken from the playmate about what happened that day.

The playmate, now 16 and whose name has been withheld by the Times Union, admitted in August 2011 in Saratoga County Family Court that he found the handgun of his father, Edward O'Rourke, inside a dresser drawer at the family's Gansevoort home on Dec. 22, 2010. He began playing with it and the gun went off. A bullet hit 12-year-old Nicholas Naumkin who died later at the hospital. The boys were alone in the house at the time.

On Tuesday, the first day of the trial, jurors heard testimony from the victim's parents Yuri and Oksana Naumkin. The trial is being heard before Saratoga County Supreme Court Justice Robert Chauvin.

The victim's Brooklyn attorney, Richard Mogg, has declined to say how much monetary damages they are seeking. He did not return calls for comment Wednesday.

Mogg has said the Naumkins real desire is not monetary but enactment of stiffer gun laws and penalties for anyone who leaves a weapon where it could be picked up by a child.

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The playmate accepted responsibility for his actions back in August 2011. Saratoga County Family Court Judge Courtenay Hall ruled he be supervised by the county probation department for a period of two years, a sentence which has now been served.

O'Rourke pleaded guilty to a charge of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child for leaving a handgun and ammunition where his son could get to them at the O'Rourkes' Gansevoort home. Under the agreement, O'Rourke also was ordered to surrender any weapons and pay a $200 surcharge.